Topic #1
Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice: Tiger Woods Vs. Jack and his Rivals
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Statistics
2. Rivals
3. Basic information
4. Personal Life
5. Golf Life
Answer these questions about this topic:
How did it/will it impact the world?
It affected the sports world by what actions Tiger did and is continuing doing.
Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
He is the face of golf, and will be for many years to come, you always talk about tiger, you relate anyone to tiger.
Why are you interested in researching this topic? I am very interested in researching this project, it will give me more details on why he did that.
How do you personally connect with this topic? I am an athlete and play the same sport as Tiger, I've been playing the sport for 7 years now.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
Since its a professional athlete, I would focus on the interviews, internet sites, and magazines.
Topic #2
Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice: New York Yankees
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Statistics
2. Rivals
3. Basic information
4. Past baseball
5. Future baseball
Answer these questions about this topic:
How did it/will it impact the world?
The Yankees is the main team in baseball, they are the best team in baseball, they have many rivals.
Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
The yankees are always talked about, to see if they will win this year or next year, they have a championship caliber team every year.
Why are you interested in researching this topic? I have been a yankees fan till the day I was born, and I love to research information about the yankees.
How do you personally connect with this topic? I have been a fan for a long time, and I have also played the sport of baseball.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
Tiger woods would have more information I would think because of what he did over his career. He accomplished many things, and did a lot of stuff on and off the golf course I could go into detail about.
Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
Tiger Woods, because I just can't seem to grasp the concept on what he did, so I want to go into more detail for the audience as well for me.
Sherry.Comp1.2010
--Adapted from Putz (2006) Teacher’s Guide to Multigenre Research
Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice: Tiger Woods Vs. Jack and his Rivals
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Statistics
2. Rivals
3. Basic information
4. Personal Life
5. Golf Life
Answer these questions about this topic:
How did it/will it impact the world?
It affected the sports world by what actions Tiger did and is continuing doing.
Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
He is the face of golf, and will be for many years to come, you always talk about tiger, you relate anyone to tiger.
Why are you interested in researching this topic? I am very interested in researching this project, it will give me more details on why he did that.
How do you personally connect with this topic? I am an athlete and play the same sport as Tiger, I've been playing the sport for 7 years now.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
Since its a professional athlete, I would focus on the interviews, internet sites, and magazines.
Topic #2
Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice: New York Yankees
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Statistics
2. Rivals
3. Basic information
4. Past baseball
5. Future baseball
Answer these questions about this topic:
How did it/will it impact the world?
The Yankees is the main team in baseball, they are the best team in baseball, they have many rivals.
Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
The yankees are always talked about, to see if they will win this year or next year, they have a championship caliber team every year.
Why are you interested in researching this topic? I have been a yankees fan till the day I was born, and I love to research information about the yankees.
How do you personally connect with this topic? I have been a fan for a long time, and I have also played the sport of baseball.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
Tiger woods would have more information I would think because of what he did over his career. He accomplished many things, and did a lot of stuff on and off the golf course I could go into detail about.
Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
Tiger Woods, because I just can't seem to grasp the concept on what he did, so I want to go into more detail for the audience as well for me.
Sherry.Comp1.2010
--Adapted from Putz (2006) Teacher’s Guide to Multigenre Research